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This collection of essays highlights Ancient, Byzantine and Medieval developments in the discussion of scientific method and argument in the comment(arie)s on Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics and related methodological passages in the Aristotelian corpus. Despite the importance of these discussions, the larger part of the commentary tradition on the Posterior Analytics still remains uncharted. The contributors to this volume identify and explore three important strands of interpretation, viz. (1) the reception of Aristotle’s logic of inquiry and theory of concept formation in Posterior Analytics II 19; (2) the influence of the Posterior Analytics on the evaluation of metaphysics as a science; and (3) the reception of Aristotle’s theory of demonstration, definition, and causation in Posterior Analytics book II.

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Author:   F.A.J. de Haas ,  Mariska Leunissen ,  Marije Martijn
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   124
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9789004201279

ISBN 10:   9004201270
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   21 March 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Table of Contents

Part I CONCEPT FORMATION IN POSTERIOR ANALYTICS II 19 1. The Ancient Commentators on Concept Formation Richard Sorabji 2. Proclus' Criticism of Aristotle'sTheory of Abstraction and Concept Formation in Analytica Posteriora II 19 Christoph Helmig 3. Eustratius' Comments on Posterior Analytics II 19 Katerina Ierodiakonou 4. Roger Bacon on Experiment, Induction and Intellect in his Reception of Analytica Posteriora II 19 Pia A. Antolic-Piper Part II METAPHYSICS AS A SCIENCE 5. Alexander of Aphrodisias on the Science of Ontology Maddalena Bonelli 6. Les Seconds Analytique> dans le commentaire de Syrianus sur la Metaphysique d'Aristote Angela Longo Part III DEMONSTRATION, DEFINITION AND CAUSATION 7. Alexander and Philoponus on Prior Analytics I 27-30: Is There Tension between Aristotle's Scientific Theory and Practice? Miira Tuominen 8. Two Traditions in the Ancient Posterior Analytics Commentaries Owen Goldin 9. Aristotle and Philoponus on Final Causes in Demonstrations in Posterior Analytics II 11 Mariska Leunissen 10. Aristotle on Causation and Conditional Necessity: Analytica Posteriora II 12 in Context Inna Kupreeva

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Frans A.J. de Haas, Ph.D. (Leiden 1995) is Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Leiden University. He has published extensively on the ancient commentary tradition, on Aristotle and on Neoplatonism, including John Philoponus' New Definition of Prime Matter (Brill, 1997). Mariska Leunissen, Ph.D. (Leiden 2007) is Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. She has published several articles on Aristotle's teleology and theory of demonstration, and is the author of Explanation and Teleology in Aristotle's Science of Nature (CUP, 2010). Marije Martijn, Ph.D (Leiden 2008) is Lecturer Ancient and Patristic Philosophy at VU University Amsterdam. She has published a number of articles on Neoplatonic philosophy of nature, epistemology and aesthetics, and a monograph, Proclus on Nature (Brill, 2010). Contributors: Pia Antolic-Piper, Maddalena Bonelli, Owen Goldin, Christoph Helmig, Katerina Ierodiakonou, Inna Kupreeva, Angela Longo, Mariska Leunissen, Richard Sorabji, and Miira Tuominen.

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